A person who suffers from a behavioral abnormality as determined under this chapter is not because of that abnormality a person of unsound mind for purposes of Section 15-a, Article I, Texas Constitution.
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 841.1461
CERTAIN EXPERT TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED FOR CIVIL COMMITMENT OF SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case in Re Commitment of Carl Douglas Lewis (2016)
Most recently applied in In re Commitment of Mares (March 2017)
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 30, eff
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.